April 16, 2012

All

• 4H
• Discussion about nutrition
• Practice piano

Pilot

• For his birthday, he was given membership to a local RC airplane club. Today was the first time he was able to attend a "fly-in." Needless to say, he was beyond excited. He doesn't have his own plane yet, but one of the other men in the club, let him fly his Night Vapor.

Getting flight instructions

First solo flight

Day #139/175 Days

March 5, 2012

Lego-Man

• Math: Lesson 46 - complete rows 1-3 on pg. 100 and #8-12 on pg. 101. Lesson 47 - Complete rows 1-3 on pg. 102 and #8-11 on pg. 103
• Complete handwriting page
• Complete Day #8 of Sequential Spelling
• Complete Writing pages 237-238
• Complete English pg. 36
• Practice piano
• Read pages. 228-242 in Augustus Caesar's World
• Read Psalm 2 and write out one verse
• Watch the "Intro" (DVD) for The Art of Argument
• Read Chapters 19-21 in The Bronze Bow

Happy

• Practice piano
• Reading Eggs
• K5 Learning
• GoGo Kabongo

Pilot

• Fix errors on pg. 58 and complete #9-12 on pg. 59 in Math
• Math: Lesson 26 - complete rows 1-4 on pg. 60 and #8-12 on pg. 61
• Complete handwriting pages 103-104
• Complete writing page 227
• Complete Day #8 of Sequential Spelling
• Practice piano
• Read The Borrowers for 30 minutes
• Read The World of Christopher Columbus - read pgs. 199-213
• K5 Learning
• GoGo Kabongo
• Read Psalm 2 and write out one verse
• Work on AWANA verses

All

• 4H meeting

Caught the boys all sitting together and reading this afternoon.

Day #108/175 Days

January 16, 2012

Pilot

• Math - complete rows 1-4 on page 18 and #7-14 on page 19
• Math Rider - 10 minutes
• Write each 'e' word twice and say out loud to me
• Complete writing pages 99-100
• "Subjects/Predicate" page 6
• Spell & Write book - fix errors on pg. 36 and complete pages 43-45
• Building Spelling Skills - complete page 72 and 73
• Practice piano
• Read Shiloh for 20 minutes
• Read Proverbs 16 and write out one verse
• Work on your AWANA verses

Lego-Man

• Complete Rows 1-4 on page 20
• Write each 'e' word twice and say out loud to me
• Spell & Write book - complete pages 43-44
• Spelling Skills book - complete pages 58-59
• Complete writing pages 99-100
• "Subjects/Predicate" page 6
• Practice piano
• Read Johnny Tremain for 20 minutes
• Read Proverbs 16 and write out one verse
• Read Chapter 7 of The Case for Christ - finished today

Happy

• Complete math lessons
• Practiced piano

Today we also headed back to our pottery class to finish up. The kids glazed their bowl creations. We'll be picking up the finished pieces in a few weeks. 

Day #69/175 Days

December 5, 2011

Today our 4H group got together and created greeting cards. There was a county workshop for the same thing but not enough space for all our group to attend so we just decided to have our own. I've been a scrapbooker for quite some time and had plenty of supplies to donate. The kids had a blast. They all made six cards. They kept three of them and the other three were donated to the Senior Companions program. They kids did a great job and had a lot of fun.

Day #57/175 Days

October 26, 2011

Conductor

• Watch "Multiplication 8" at Khan Academy and do all exercises
• Complete page 37 - "Mileage Chart" for math
• Write each 's' words twice and say it out loud to me
• Review writing pages 81-82 & note errors. Complete pages 83-84.
• Practice the piano
• Read Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for 20 minutes
• Work on AWANA verses
• Read Proverbs 26

Lego-Man

• Watch "Why Lattice Multiplication Works" at Khan Academy & do all exercises
• Go to Fun Brain and do 10 problems
• Complete math pages 47-49
• Write each 's' words twice and say it out loud to me
• Complete spelling book pages 15-17
• Complete writing pages 83-84
• Practice the piano
• Work on www.8notes.com
• Read Crispin: The Cross of Lead for 20 minutes
• Read all of Module #8 and answer all on your own questions
• Read Proverbs 26 and share one verse with me
• Continue working on your approach paper for "The White Heron" - complete the summary section

Happy 

• Complete math page 30
• Practice piano
• Complete 'q' section on handwriting sheet
• Complete Grammar Day 8
• Play "The Reading Game" (skunk cards 1 & 2) - TOS Crew item
• AWANA verses

The afternoon was spent doing an activity via Tanglewood 4H camp. Our 4H group coordinated them coming and to help allay the cost of the instructors, we opened it up to other homeschoolers. The younger group (ended up being about K-3) did an activity on fall. The older group (4th grade and up) did a team building exercise. I flitted between all the groups. There were four - two younger and two older - and my boys were all split up in to three of them. Some photos of the afternoon....

One of the older groups. They had to go through these squares like a maze. They had to figure out the path and help each other through. Similar to an electronic Simon Says game.

This poor bunny was confused and needed to call....

...the help line to figure out what it should do in the fall.

The younger group was completely enthralled with the whole thing.

The other older group working through their "maze." That's Lego-Man hopping through.

Almost done!

The youngers headed into the wooded area to check out what they could find for fall items. 

Then using packing tape around their wrists - sticky side out - they made fall bracelets. These were a hit!

We plan to do more classes. Tanglewood is a great program.

Day #45/175 Days